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kill

Meaning of “kill”

To cause death, slay, put to death, or destroy life.

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125 occurrences118 verses23 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:15

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Exodus 1:16
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 1:16 · retained source text

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew-women, and see them vpon the stooles, if it be a sonne, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then shee shall liue.

Exodus 2:14
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 2:14 · retained source text

And he said, Who made thee a Prince and a iudge ouer vs? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is knowen.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a Man a Prince.

Exodus 4:24
¶ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 4:24 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe by the way in the Inne, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

Exodus 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
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1611 witness · Exodus 12:6 · retained source text

And ye shall keepe it vp vntill the fourteenth day of the same moneth: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the euening.

1611 marginal noteHebr. betweene the two euenings.

Exodus 12:21
¶ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 12:21 · retained source text

¶ Then Moses called for all the Elders of Israel, and said vnto them; Draw out and take you a lambe, according to your families, and kill the Passeouer.

1611 marginal noteOr, kidde.

Exodus 16:3
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 16:3 · retained source text

And the children of Israel saide vnto them, Would to God wee had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when wee sate by the flesh pots, and when we did eate bread to the full: for ye haue brought vs forth into this wildernesse, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Exodus 17:3
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
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1611 witness · Exodus 17:3 · retained source text

And the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought vs vp out of Egypt, to kill vs and our children, and our cattell with thirst?

Exodus 20:13
Thou shalt not kill.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 20:13 · retained source text

Thou shalt not kill.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 5.21.

Exodus 22:1
IF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 22:1 · retained source text

¶ If a man shal steale an oxe, or a sheepe, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore fiue oxen for an oxe, and foure sheepe for a sheepe.

1611 marginal noteOr, goate.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 12.6.

Exodus 22:24
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 22:24 · retained source text

And my wrath shall waxe hote, and I will kill you with the sword: and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherlesse.

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